Michael Francis Egan

Michael Francis Egan (29 September 1761-22 July 1814) was Bishop of Philadelphia from 1808 to 1814, preceding Henry Conwell.

Biography
Michael Francis Egan was born in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland in 1761, and he studied at the Old University of Leuven and Charles University in Prague. In 1785, he was ordained a Catholic priest in Prague, and he became Custos of the Province of Munster in March 1787. In 1788, he visited the United States, and he returned to the USA in 1802, serving as an assistant pastor. In 1803, he became one of the pastors at a Philadelphia church, and he was ordained Bishop of Philadelphia in 1808. He succeeded in ousting his opponents within the church, the Harolds, who relocated to England after Egan turned the church's trustees against them. He died in 1814, and he was succeeded as Bishop by Henry Conwell.